E13 - Those Who Form the Backbone

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[00:00] Sign
    National High School Sports Tournament Girls' Soccer Division
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    Saitama Knockout Stages Game 1
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    Saitama Knockout Stages Game 1
[00:00] Sign
    Urawa Hosei
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    Urawa Hosei
[00:00] Sign
    Warabi Seinan
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    Warabi Seinan
[00:34] Hanabusa
    Yes!
[00:38] Urawa
    Yes!
[00:39] Tenma
    Good job, Ada!
[00:52] Nomi
    That was a crushing defeat.
SIGN    Knockout Stages Round 1
SIGN    Warabis Are Defeated
[01:05] Tenma
    Number 4, Number 10, Stojković.
[01:08] Tenma
    You three idiots, sign these documents.
[01:10] Sign
    Club Application
[01:10] Sign
    Club Application
[01:12] Tenma
    Quit the Warabis and join our team!
[01:15] All
    Huh?
[01:18] Chika
    This is what you chose, Midori?
[01:23] Midori
    Chika-senpai...
[01:25] Chika
    What are you guys doing?
[01:27] Chika
    The Kanto Tournament, Nationals...
[01:29] Chika
    Good players need to be visible.
[01:33] Chika
    They need to stand out more
    and generate more hype.
[01:37] Chika
    That's especially true of
    women's soccer players.
[01:39] Chika
    So why'd you choose a school that's
    perpetually stuck in the prelims?
[01:43] Chika
    You have so much talent!
[01:45] Chika
    Your style of play is enchanting.
[01:48] Chika
    The future of women's soccer is riding on us.
[01:54] Chika
    What are you guys doing?!
[02:06] Sign
    Farewell,
    My Dear Cramer
[02:06] Sign
    Farewell,
    My Dear Cramer
[02:06] Sign
    Farewell,
    My Dear Cramer
[02:07] Sign
    Farewell,
    My Dear Cramer
SIGN    Those Who Form the Backbone
[03:29] Nomi
    Yesterday's match was tough.
[03:32] Nomi
    It was raining. I'm sure
    everyone's exhausted.
[03:35] Nomi
    So no practice today.
[03:37] Nomi
    Tell everyone to get some rest.
[03:44] Nomi
    What's wrong?
[03:45] Tase
    Oh, it's nothing. Excuse us.
[03:51] Miyasaka
    Why are you so down in the dumps?
[03:55] Miyasaka
    We fought well yesterday, didn't we?
[03:58] Miyasaka
    Losing 2-0 against eight-time
     champions isn't a bad result.
[04:02] Tase
    Yeah, I thought the same thing.
[04:07] Tase
    But Urawa Hosei only showed us a
     brief glimpse of their real strength
[04:11] Tase
    in the last few minutes of the second half.
[04:14] Tase
    Our best was powerless
     against Urawa's true system.
[04:21] Tase
    If they'd used it in the first half...
[04:24] Tase
    No, what frustrates me
    most is that they didn't.
[04:29] Miyasaka
    We dragged out their max effort,
    which they'd been saving for Nationals.
[04:34] Miyasaka
    You should recognize that.
[04:36] Tase
    But...
[04:38] Miyasaka
    It's always "but, but, but" with you!
[04:40] Miyasaka
    Obsessing over everything
    is a bad habit of yours!
[04:43] Tase
    Do you think we can reach their level?
[04:46] Tase
    Can we get stronger?
[05:55] Fukatsu
    If you're kicking it as hard
    as you can, you should stop.
[05:59] Fukatsu
    Maintaining good physical condition
    is an important part of training.
[06:04] Nozomi
    Then you should've said that
    when you got here, Panda Eyes!
[06:08] Fukatsu
    I thought it was necessary for
    you to vent your anger, too.
[06:16] Nozomi
    Hey, Panda Eyes. Aren't girls
    allowed to play soccer for fun?
[06:24] Fukatsu
    That's what you're worried about?
[06:31] Fukatsu
    Was it Number 26? The girl with the goggles?
[06:34] (Flashback) Chika
    The future of women's soccer is riding on us.
[06:40] Nozomi
    Thinking about the future or having a
    responsibility makes it hard to breathe.
[06:45] Fukatsu
    It's the history of women's soccer
    that made Number 26 say that to you.
[06:51] Fukatsu
    Women's soccer players constantly
    feel a sense of impending doom.
[06:57] Fukatsu
    It's been a while since they had the
    charismatic Naoko Nomi in their ranks,
[07:00] Fukatsu
    but they're still expected to get
    results at international tournaments.
[07:05] Fukatsu
    How can they captivate an audience
[07:07] Fukatsu
    whose interest cools as quickly
    as it boils over with excitement?
[07:11] Fukatsu
    How can they establish a
    culture of women's soccer?
[07:15] Fukatsu
    It's an eternal problem.
[07:17] Fukatsu
    This country gets excited about sports
    teams that perform well internationally.
[07:23] Fukatsu
    That's why they're expected to be strong.
[07:25] Fukatsu
    That's only natural for a
     competitive activity, though.
[07:29] Fukatsu
    And the key to that is expanding
     the pool of players to pick from.
[07:34] Fukatsu
    A sport is held aloft by its players.
[07:37] Fukatsu
    A fragile foundation cannot
     support great heights.
[07:42] Fukatsu
    Increasing the number of soccer players
[07:44] Fukatsu
    is the quickest way to turn Japan into
    the soccer superpower it should be.
[07:52] Fukatsu
    In other words,
[07:53] Fukatsu
    what matters is whether people
    watching you get inspired to play soccer.
[07:59] Nozomi
    Nobody's inspired by me.
[08:03] Fukatsu
    You sure?
[08:14] Fukatsu
    You're fine just the way you are.
[08:17] Nozomi
    Huh?
[08:28] (Flashback) Nozomi
    You make it sound like we
    won't ever make it to Nationals.
[08:32] (Flashback) Chika
    That's precisely what I'm saying.
    After all, we're here in Saitama.
[08:38] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Then the answer is simple.
[08:40] (Flashback) Nozomi
    We lost today! It was a crushing defeat!
[08:44] (Flashback) Nozomi
    But we'll get stronger.
[08:46] (Flashback) Nozomi
    I made a promise to get
    stronger and beat Kunogi.
[08:53] (Flashback) Nozomi
    It's no fun if there's only one strong team.
    It's better to have several of them.
[08:58] (Flashback) Nozomi
    We'll end your supremacy.
[09:05] (Flashback) Nozomi
    We'll become stronger.
[09:13] (Flashback) Sawa
    I thought Non-chan and other soccer
    players were different from me.
[09:20] (Flashback) Sawa
    But after experiencing my first girls'
    soccer tournament, I realized something.
[09:25] (Flashback) Sawa
    They're all ordinary girls
    who like soccer, just like me.
[09:31] (Flashback) Sawa
    I'm an idiot.
[09:35] (Flashback) Sawa
    I should've known that.
[09:37] (Flashback) Sawa
    More than anyone else,
    I've seen how hard she works.
[09:42] (Flashback) Sawa
    I can't become like Non-chan
    or the other players,
[09:47] (Flashback) Sawa
    but I can become me.
[09:50] (Flashback) Sawa
    I want to become the soccer
    player that only I can become.
[09:55] Sawa
    And I want to stand on the
    field with everyone else.
[09:59] Sawa
    I want to be useful to the team.
[10:01] Sawa
    I want to share happiness, joy,
    pain, and sadness with the team.
[10:14] Sawa
    Huh? Su-chan, are you
    training by yourself, too?
[10:19] Sawa
    Non-chan!
[10:22] Nozomi
    Sacchan!
[10:23] Fukatsu
    The grumpy one's here, too.
    You guys were supposed to take the day off.
[10:31] Sign
    Heartthrob
[10:31] Sign
    Country
[10:43] Tenma
    Hey, pigtailed loser.
[10:46] Tenma
    When are you gonna
    submit your club application?
[10:50] Tenma
    Chika's all depressed because
    you won't join our team!
[10:55] Midori
    What? Chika-senpai!
[10:57] Chika
    I'm not depressed!
[11:05] (Flashback) Chika
    All right!
[11:07] Chika
    Midori, when you led Todakita Middle
    to a third place finish at Nationals,
[11:13] Chika
    I was genuinely happy.
[11:16] Chika
    You turned what we built—what our
    seniors built—into its best possible form.
[11:23] Chika
    You're a carefree otaku,
    but you're also a great soccer player.
[11:32] Chika
    And I'd get to play with that improved
    version of you again in high school.
[11:38] Chika
    Or so I believed.
[11:41] Midori
    I'm not frustrated about losing to Urawa.
[11:44] Midori
    Not in the slightest.
[11:45] Midori
    After all, it was expected.
[11:47] Tenma
    What did you say?!
[11:50] Alice
    Violence is wrong!
[11:52] Midori
    I mean, we don't have any third-years.
[11:55] Midori
    Our starting lineup's full of first-years.
    On top of that, we only met last month.
[12:00] Midori
    You can't call that a team.
[12:03] Midori
    If anything, it's incredible we made it
    that far, given the circumstances.
[12:08] Midori
    Chika-senpai, do you remember what you said?
[12:10] Midori
    We need to "stand out more
    and generate more hype."
[12:14] Midori
    In that case, I'll build a team to rival Urawa.
[12:18] Tenma
    Oh, really? You think you can?
[12:21] Midori
    I'm on the team.
[12:23] Midori
    They've got me, and I've been watching
    Chika-senpai this whole time.
[12:28] Midori
    Nothing beats standing out at
     one of the bigger tournaments,
[12:32] Midori
    but a team playing their hearts out at
     regional level generates more hype.
[12:35] (Flashback) Nozomi
    It's no fun if there's only one strong team.
[12:38] Midori
    The coals are already smoldering.
[12:41] Midori
    I'll make them famous.
[12:44] Midori
    I'm sorry, Chika-senpai.
[12:47] Midori
    I should've had a proper conversation with
    you when you invited me to join Urawa.
[12:52] Chika
    Midori...
[12:54] Midori
    I'm sure the team you built for me is an amazing
    team that would've felt great to play on.
[13:01] Midori
    But...
[13:03] Midori
    I want to try building a team for myself.
[13:08] Midori
    After all, when you were recruiting members,
[13:11] Midori
    and discussing tactics and systems,
[13:16] Midori
    you always looked like you
    were having so much fun.
[13:29] Midori
    Hey, Chika-senpai. I'm so excited.
[13:35] Midori
    On this blank canvas of a team,
    I can become anything.
[13:45] Sawa
    It's Son-chan!
[13:49] Fukatsu
    She came, too?
[13:51] Nozomi
    Soshizaki!
[13:52] Nozomi
    Pass the ball to us!
[14:00] Tenma
    Sounds like your apprentice
    completed her training.
[14:03] Chika
    She's not my apprentice.
[14:06] Chika
    She's my opponent.
[14:08] Chika
    My greatest opponent.
[14:15] Chika
    You grew too much, dummy.
[14:20] Chika
    Goodbye.
[14:33] Miyasaki
    The first-years?
[14:39] Miyasaki
    The first-years have
    already started running.
[14:43] Miyasaki
    You can't keep brooding like this.
[14:46] Kikuchi
    Captain!
[14:57] Miyasaka
    We'll get stronger, Captain.
[15:01] Tase
    Yeah.
[15:03] (Flashback) Nozomi
    We'll get stronger.
[15:07] Tase
    I'm sure we'll get stronger.
[15:10] Tase
    We'll get stronger.
[15:21] Wakasu
    It's a shame what happened at the Prefecturals.
[15:25] Nomi
    No, I was lacking in every way.
[15:28] Nomi
    I failed to lead them to Nationals.
[15:32] Wakasu
    Do you remember what I told
    you after our practice game?
[15:38] Nomi
    Yes. That it's the coaches who nurture
     talent, as well as allow it to rot.
[15:44] Nomi
    So I should abandon my pride and
    give them everything I've cultivated.
[15:50] Nomi
    I should talk to them and learn.
[15:53] Wakasu
    That's right. Only by doing
    that do we become coaches.
[16:00] Nomi
    Every day, while talking to them through
    the ball, I make surprising discoveries.
[16:07] Nomi
    Just when I think all they're displaying is
    the self-centered behavior of teenage girls,
[16:11] Nomi
    they show me plays that make
    my eyes grow wide in amazement.
[16:14] Wakasu
    Just like you used to do, huh?
[16:20] Nomi
    I caused a lot of trouble for you.
[16:24] Wakasu
    The rougher the edges of the gemstone,
    the more worthwhile it is to polish.
[16:32] Nomi
    I believe those girls are the future
     of Japanese women's soccer.
[16:38] Wakasu
    Oh?
[16:39] Nomi
    And as someone nurtured by you
    and Japanese women's soccer,
[16:47] Nomi
    I believe it's my job to coach them.
[16:52] Wakasu
    You're starting to look like a coach.
[16:59] Nomi
    Thank you.
SIGN    Several Days Later
[17:03] Sawa
    Several days later, the newly reborn
    Warabis began building up our team.
[17:14] Nomi
    Twenty push-ups if she
    takes the ball from you!
[17:26] Nomi
    You're helping her too slowly!
[17:27] Fukatsu
    The counterattack's coming!
[17:29] Fukatsu
    Slow her down!
[17:30] Fukatsu
    Switch to defense quickly!
[17:34] Yamada
    Wow, look at that. Echizen's playing soccer.
[17:38] Takei
    Not only that, but that
    position seems to suit her.
[17:41] Namek
    She's really good at defending.
[17:46] Nomi
    Girls, listen up.
[17:49] Sign
    JKFB Interleague
[17:49] Sign
    JKFB Interleague
[17:49] Sign
    JKFB Interleague
[17:49] Nomi
    This June, we'll be playing
    in the JKFB Interleague.
[17:54] Tase
    Interleague?
[17:56] Miyasaka
    It's a league for high schools
     from Tokyo's suburbs.
[17:59] Nomi
    For better or worse,
[18:01] Nomi
    since we lost in the first round,
    we've got some time on our hands.
[18:05] Nomi
    We'll use this time to build the backbone of
    our team, gain experience in the Interleague,
[18:09] Nomi
    make adjustments where needed, and mount
     an assault on the Championship prelims!
[18:15] Tase
    Championship prelims...
[18:23] Tase
    Let's do it, girls!
[18:25] All
    Yeah!
[18:29] Nozomi
    I see.
[18:31] Nozomi
    I'll get to experience
    that excitement again.
[18:35] Nozomi
    Incredible players I've never
    seen before are waiting for me.
[18:43] Nozomi
    I wish I could play right now!
SIGN    June
SIGN    First Game of JKFB Interleague
[18:52] Nomi
    We've done everything we can.
[18:55] Fukatsu
    You mean I did.
[18:57] Fukatsu
    It's ridiculous.
[18:58] Fukatsu
    I can't believe you decided to become a
    coach when you're so terrible at tactics.
[19:05] Sawa
    For these past few weeks, Coach Fukatsu
    patiently taught the team about tactics.
[19:13] Sawa
    And we're about to take a new first step.
[19:23] Miyasaka
    Come on, Captain. Do the cheer for us.
[19:25] Tase
    Huh?
[19:30] Tase
    When we lost to Urawa Hosei at the
    Interhigh prelims, I was frustrated.
[19:37] Tase
    I was so, so frustrated.
[19:39] Tase
    But more than that, I felt miserable.
[19:43] Tase
    After all, we lost to a team
    that was holding back.
[19:48] Tase
    I was about to lie down and give up.
[19:52] Tase
    But when I looked up, all of you were there.
[19:56] Tase
    I'm glad I get to play soccer with all of you.
[20:05] Shiratori
    What a wonderful sentiment.
[20:08] Shiratori
    The Swan accepts your feelings.
[20:11] Kishi
    You're so embarrassing.
[20:13] Tase
    What?
[20:14] Komurasaki
    You're so pure, Tase.
[20:16] Tase
    Huh?
[20:16] Kakogawa
    A romantic and a crybaby.
[20:20] Okachimachi
    You make it sound like this is the end.
[20:24] Miyasaka
    We're just getting started, Tase.
[20:29] Tase
    Yeah.
[20:34] Tase
    I want to play soccer with all of you.
[20:38] Tase
    So let's win.
[20:40] Tase
    Let's play more soccer.
[20:43] Tase
    Let's go, Warabis!
[20:45] All
    Yeah!
[22:20] Nomi
    I'm relieved.
[22:21] Nomi
    If we'd lost this match...
SIGN    6 Years Ago
[22:24] Nomi
    it would've meant the end
    of women's soccer in Japan.
[22:28] Nomi
    We must become stronger.
[22:31] Nomi
    Since it's a competitive sport,
    it goes without saying,
[22:34] Nomi
    but I want to achieve positive results
    and capture people's interest.
[22:40] Nomi
    I want people to recognize the
    problems women's soccer is facing.
[22:43] Nomi
    And I want people to know
[22:46] Nomi
    that girls can play soccer, too.
[22:51] Nomi
    That you have lots of
    friends all over the world.
[22:55] Nomi
    I can't become better than I am.
[22:58] Nomi
    You'll be the ones to surpass me.
[23:01] Nomi
    I know I'm asking a lot,
    but please keep playing.
[23:06] Nomi
    Protect the league.
[23:08] Nomi
    Protect this environment where girls can
    enjoy soccer like it's the most natural thing.
[23:30] Nozomi
    Soccer's more fun when
    everyone's playing together.